Iranian women, in foreground, pray with Iraqi women, in background, at a ceremony anticipating the start of the holy month of Ramadan, at a mosque in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.
Mosque worker Ahmed Ali and others, on the roof of the Saeed Idrees Shiite Mosque, waiting to see the crescent moon marking the beginning of Ramadan, at sunset in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.
Youths escape the searing summer heat, as an armed U.S. Army soldier looks on, at the only working swimming pool in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, which was officially re-opened Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in Baghdad, Iraq.
A U.S. army medic treats Abdallah Mohammed, 3, whose arm was burned five days before in a cooking accident, during a joint Iraqi police and U.S. military operation searching for wanted suspects from the Mahdi Army militia, in the Fudailya area next to Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
Residents of a house are seen, as a joint Iraqi police and U.S. military operation searching for wanted suspects from the Mahdi Army militia, takes place, in the Fudailya area next to Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
U.S. Army soldiers question a resident whether he knows a suspect, during a joint Iraqi police and U.S. military operation searching for wanted suspects from the Mahdi Army militia, in the Fudailya area next to Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008.
Iraqi police conduct a mock operation during a graduation ceremony held at a police academy, near the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
Sgt. Joshua Robbins, from Dickson, Tenn., serving with the 66th Engineers Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, torches an area with a flame thrower in an effort to reduce insurgents' opportunities for concealment and give coalition forces a clear line of sight, on a road between Mushada and Tarmiyah, in Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
An Iraqi policeman in charge of the train's security opens the door of a meeting room, on Saddam Hussein's private luxury train, at the Universal Train Station in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The train is being put into public service next month to help ease a train shortage, according to Iraqi rail officials.
A U.S. Army soldier, seen through a shattered shop window, attends the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the Baghdad al-Jadidah area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.
Iraqi police officers, at left, and U.S. soldiers attend the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the al-Jadidah area, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.
A U.S. Army soldier takes a ride on an Iraqi boy's bicycle during a patrol of the Dora neighborhood of south Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.
Iraqi police officers, U.S. soldiers, and street cleaners and residents attend the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the Baghdad al-Jadidah area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.
Iraqi police prepare to search a house based on information, according to the police, given by a girl who they allege was a potential suicide bomber, as she continues to be interrogated by officers in Baqouba, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.
Sabir Kareem, 20, center, who was injured by a suicide car bomb attack which struck a group of police recruits in the town of Jalula, Diyala province, arrives for treatment at a hospital in the northern town of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.
Victims of Sunday's suicide bombing which occurred inside one of several tents set up outside a house in the Abu Ghraib area of Baghdad's western outskirts, lie in coffins during their burial at a cemetery in Khan Dhari, near Abu Ghraib, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.
The cousins of a Sheikh who was killed in Sunday's suicide bombing which occurred inside one of several tents set up outside a house in the Abu Ghraib area of Baghdad's western outskirts, grieve amongst the shoes of the victims at the scene of the attack in Iraq, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.